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Do you think this will ever catch on in the US? I mean I can see a definite trend of increasing wine consumption in the US since I was younger. Do you think cider will ever start to become a more widely consumed drink?
Do you think this will ever catch on in the US? I mean I can see a definite trend of increasing wine consumption in the US since I was younger. Do you think cider will ever start to become a more widely consumed drink?
It's beginning to catch an edge. English ciders have been on the market here forever, but sell in small quantities. And there have been a couple of domestic ciders than have gained a little following. But now Crippin cider is beginning to be marketed like a beer, and that will drive up the market.
What a lot of people don't realize is that cider was the working man's alcoholic beverage of choice in the United States until the Industrial Revolution, when large scale beer breweries became feasible, and German immigrants created a market for it. Ale and lager had been brewed long before that, but it was expensive compared to cider.
Another thing not widely known is that Johnny Appleseed planted cider apples, and then built cider presses, a by-product of which is apple seeds, which he planted and sold the seedlings, and so on. It was all about the cider, not the apple pies of Disney imaginings.
Haven't tried any Crispin, but don't they sell four packs instead of six? Not a fan of that.
Yeah I knew the US hadn't been a beer country until the late 1800s, but I had thought it was a liquor country before that with whiskey and applejack being the favorites and wine and imported liquor for very special occaions. Then like I said it seems to be moving towards being more of a wine country now.
I tried getting into drinking recently, and cider has been what I settled on. Beer just tasted awful to me, and the funny thing was most of the beer drinkers I knew said they thought the same but after a year or so with grinning and bearing the taste they came to like it.
Yeah I knew the US hadn't been a beer country until the late 1800s, but I had thought it was a liquor country before that with whiskey and applejack being the favorites and wine and imported liquor for very special occaions.
Whiskey has been made since the early days, yes. George Washington owned the largest distillery in the new country after the Revolution, and it was the source of his wealth. And rum was made in large quantities in Boston and other eastern locations.
But cider was the go-to beverage of working man for a simple reason... it was a cheap tipple, and very easy to make at home.
I have not tried very many types. The kind I did try, did not care for, it was way too tart. BUT I did try some pear cider once, it was very good. I have to try hard apple cider again.
Haven't tried any Crispin, but don't they sell four packs instead of six? Not a fan of that.
But, in defense of Crispin, it is made from fresh pressed apple juice, not concentrate. Also, I find the taste is crisper, not overly syrupy like lots of cider. Their peary is good. Overall, I don't drink much cider, but Crispin is the best in my opinion. They also have some crazier offerings which are lots of fun.
I'm just ambivalent about most ciders. They tend to taste too much of alcohol and too little of apples. Too dry, I guess. I recently found a really great cider though, called JK's Scrumpy Hard Cider (scrumpy is apparently a style). Appletastic!
Here in Australia cider has become huge in the last few years. Dozens of brands and varieties are available with more being constantly introduced. We have everything from apple and pear ciders to things like Raspberry, lime, strawberry, blackcurrant, boysenberry, honey apple, passionfruit, mango, guava, vanilla plus various combinations of these flavours. I've even seen cinnamon flavoured cider.
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